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Maks Chmerkovskiyis giving his latest update while trapped in Kyiv amid theRussian invasion in Ukraine.
TheDancing with the Starspro, 42, shared a series of Instagram Stories on Friday in which he spoke about the current state of his home country while the area is under attack, revealing gut-wrenching details about the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.
“I don’t know what my purpose with all this – I’m just saying what I’m seeing,” he says in one of the videos, adding, “I’m giving you my best impression of what it actually is.”
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The Ukrainian-born dancer went on to say that he had some friends who were shot at in their car as they fled to the Poland-Ukraine border, and it took one friend around eight hours to make it out.
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Chmerkovskiy added that from what he’s seen and heard, “It seems that the Ukrainian army is doing an incredible job at stopping any kind of advancement of Russian forces,” and that one of his main concerns is getting children to safety, as well as making sure the elderly are taken care of.
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“I don’t know the answer,” he said. “I just want the shooting to stop.”
In a Story posted hours later, Chmerkovskiy said that although it was quiet for the time being, everyone is anticipating airstrikes on Kyiv.
“We just heard sirens outside. Everyone’s a little panicked,” he said, adding that he’s about to head to a bomb shelter for safety.
TheDWTSjudge also mentionedBethenny Frankeland how she’sset up aidfor those who cross the border into Poland, specifically explaining how women and children sometimes get separated from their brothers, husbands, or other male family members.
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Russia began its invasion of Ukraine earlier this week afterVladimir Putin announceda “special military operation” in a televised address Thursday morning local time. The attack is still-evolving but explosions and airstrikes have been reported, with threats mounting against the capital, Kyiv, a city of 2.8 million people.
Numerous residents have been seen trying to flee. “We are facing a war and horror. What could be worse?” one 64-year-old woman living in Kyiv told the Associated Press.
source: people.com
